Rectification

Rectification has the following technical meanings:

Mathematics

• Rectification (geometry), truncating a polytope by marking the midpoints of all its edges, and cutting off its vertices at those points
• Rectifiable curve, in mathematics
• Rectifiable set, in mathematics

Science

• GHK flux equation#Rectification, in biology, a process in cell membranes

Technology

• Image rectification, adjustment of images to simplify stereo vision or to map images to a map coordinate system (GIS)
• The function of a rectifier, a device that converts alternating electrical current to direct current
• Rectified airspeed, a means of displaying the airspeed of high-speed aircraft
• Rectification (chemical/process engineering), countercurrent distillation, a unit operation also used for the production of rectified spirit (see Distillation#Fractional distillation)

Other uses

• Rectification (law), an equitable legal remedy whereby a court orders a change in a written document to reflect what it should have said in the first place
• Rectification, in astrology, "rectification of the birth time" is used when natal birth time is imprecise
• Rectification movement (disambiguation)
• Rectification of names (zhèngmíng), a practice in Confucian philosophy
• Rectification, a process that creates a rectified spirit (alcohol)

See also

• Rectification movement (disambiguation)
• Rectifier (disambiguation)
• Rectify, American television series